Depression - how scary is it?

Many people are underestimating depression without knowing the risks it can cause.

Why do we suffer from depression?

There are many factors that can cause a person to be depressed: an event in life, genetics, or even simply because of . weather. However, the most common reason is pressure, or stress.

In life, we must face a lot of pressure situations. Exams, studies, jobs, love, weddings or childbirth . are all pressures that we have no other way than to suffer.

Pressure leading to depression is a common disease in modern society.

Such pressures in the short term can provide certain benefits, such as the amount of adrenaline released that increases concentration. However, cortisol stress hormones interfere with endothelial cells in the blood vessels, easily blocking blood vessels and accumulating harmful cholesterol. In the long term, stress increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.

However, that is not the biggest impact of stress. When you experience all kinds of stresses and there is no way to reduce the load, you can completely suffer from depression, and that is the problem.

Excessive pressure will lead to depression.

Depression - it's more scary than expected

Depression is a psychological symptom. When depressed, people will feel life is gloomy, sad and desperate for this life. But the frightening thing here is that you absolutely can die because of a disease that seems to just happen inside your head.

This disease, which indirectly causes people to die at any time. In particular, the most prominent is the risk of suicide.

Depression leads to the risk of suicide.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), more and more suicides are associated with depression. In Japan in 2014, an estimated 70 people committed suicide every day, of which more than a third were depressed. People often only commit suicide when life cannot be saved, and depression can do it. It makes a person's life so hopeless, then ends his own miserable life.

Besides, to calm the mood, patients tend to look for "remedies" to help them feel more comfortable, and that is usually a stimulant or alcohol, with the level of use can be said . The more, the less.

Of course, such an unhealthy lifestyle will lead to many diseases, and as a result, patients will soon be "greeted" with Death if not taken care of.

People often only commit suicide when life cannot be saved, and depression can do it.

Can depression be dangerous to society?

Basically extremely rare!

There have been many studies attempting to prove that depression is associated with an increased likelihood of violence. Even a study in 2009 on "murder - suicide" criminals (murder and self-killing criminals) showed that there was a significant proportion of depression.

However, these studies are met with fierce opposition from experts on the accuracy and practical application.

First, the crime rate of murder - suicide is always extremely low in every society, only about 0.2 - 0.3 / 100,000 people. Furthermore, violent acts do not come from depression itself, but also from many other psychological diseases in the same patient. At the same time, the surrounding environment factors also have a great impact.

People with depression tend to harm themselves, rather than express themselves.

Understand that depression is a common disease, and people with depression tend to hurt themselves, rather than expressing a tendency to be violent outside.

There are, undeniably some depression when extreme can cause harm to those around you. This is especially relevant for postpartum depression (Postpartum Depression) , because they can endanger their own children.

Some extreme depression cases are dangerous.

Such cases need special attention and care, and must be referred to a psychiatrist even if the patient does not want it.

Remember, people with depression need help!